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Volume 2 - Number 23 | December 12, 2005
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TOP STORY: Hong Kong REIT Spotlights New Opportunities
By Erika Morphy
Hong Kong has launched its first REIT-like structure: A collective real estate fund that had been under development for more than a year. Collective real estate funds have been growing in overseas markets in the last few years, particularly in Japan, Singapore and Australia.
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Subprime Mortgage Investors May Demand Higher Yields
By Benjamin Mark Cole
Institutional buyers of bonds backed by home loans to the riskiest borrowers may demand higher yields in exchange for increasing risks, according to recent data from the New York City-based Bond Market Association and other industry sources. Bonds backed by loans to subprime borrowers have hit a record $476 billion, the bond association reports.
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Ten Minutes with . . . Principal Real Estate Investors' Andrew Warren
By Erika Morphy
When Principal Real Estate Investors began measuring growth in the commercial real estate market in its annual study three years ago, fundamentals in the industry were weak but investor demand was strong, says Andrew Warren, assistant managing director of research. This year, fundamentals in the industry are strong . . . and demand is as strong as ever.
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Behind The Deal: Satisfying Both Real Estate and Capital Needs
By Benjamin Mark Cole
The founder of Madison Partners, a Los Angeles-based boutique commercial real estate brokerage, realizes that financing is just as vital for clients as finding buyers for properties that are for sale. As a result, Bob Safai established a second entity based in the same offices as Madison Partners so he can wear multiple hats as a real estate broker and provider of financing.
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